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ECSO looking for suspect in coin machine robbery
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Authorities are looking for this man in connection with the theft of $2,000 from a coin machine at a Rincon laundromat. Anyone with any information is asked to call the Effingham County Sheriff’s Department at 754-3449. - photo by Photo provided
Staff Report
Updated: Oct 31, 2008, 9:00 AM
Published: Oct 9, 2008, 9:07 PM

The Effingham County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in identifying two suspects in the robbery of a coin machine at a Rincon laundromat.

Video surveillance shows a black male walk into the laundromat with a hammer and beat on the coin machine for approximately 40 minutes. The suspect made off with approximately $2,000 in change. This incident took place just after midnight on Oct. 3.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Effingham County Sheriffs Office at 754-3449.
Father, Son Arrested After Armed Standoff in Eden
Sheriff's report
Deputies respond Tuesday to a home in Eden, where a father and son were arrested after a standoff following a domestic dispute. (Submitted photo)
Updated: Jul 23, 2025, 4:05 PM
Published: Jul 23, 2025, 4:17 PM
Two men were arrested Tuesday in Eden after a domestic dispute led to a standoff. Deputies say George Driggers, 47, threatened his girlfriend and law enforcement with a gun, then barricaded himself inside a home. His father, Alford Driggers, 80, was also charged for allegedly threatening deputies.
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